Best PlacesSilverdale, WA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silverdale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Silverdale ranks 2,645th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Silverdale
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Silverdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silverdale ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Silverdale ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,327 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silverdale
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silverdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,864, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Silverdale's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Silverdale
Silverdale's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Silverdale.
Who works in Silverdale, and how
Work in Silverdale centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Silverdale
Silverdale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 81% of towns. The coast is about 19 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Silverdale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Silverdale, month by month
Silverdale sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 65° | 50° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Silverdale
The nearest airport, Boeing Field/King County International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 23 miles away.
Silverdale measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Silverdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Silverdale suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 88% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Silverdale
Is Silverdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silverdale ranks 2,645th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, clean air, and fast internet, and lowest on childcare costs and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silverdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $573,292. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $118,864 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Silverdale safe?
Yes, Silverdale is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Silverdale?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 33. That works out to about 101 pleasant days a year, more than 69% of towns.
Is Silverdale good for families?
Schools beat 62% of towns, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,327 a month.
Compare Silverdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silverdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silverdale represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Silverdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silverdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silverdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silverdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silverdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silverdale detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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